Question

Questionnaires Versus Interviews, How are these guidelines similar and different from data collected by nurses when giving care? What principles did you identify that are new to you but could be important in improving your collection of clinical data?

Answer 1

Some of the similarities and differences from data collected by a nurse when giving care using Questionnaire vs interview are as following

• Similarities
  • In both the patient demands,needs are addressed
  • A collective information on the type of care can be obtained
  • needs two sides a questionnaire or an interviewer (health care professionals ) and a respondent (patient, patient relatice)
• Differences

  • Questionnaire	Interview
    The patients can be multiple and a written form is considered and inexpensive	There is only one patient and generally in verbal communication and expensive
    The clinical data can be collected on grounds of observations	The clinical data can be collected on the grounds of information provided by the patients
    It is time consuming	It is quicker
    The content can be manipulated i	It can be manipulated on the grounds patients request.

• The principle in improving the collection of clinical data are
  • The payients shoukd be given ample time with more options
  • There should be an evidence based solution for the collected data
  • Read ,measure the quality of the data collected
  • Implement the work on the basis of priority and needs of the collected data
  • Interpret the results with evidence